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This enzyme has wide substrate specificity, being able to degrade heat-denatured bovine casein and the α-chain of native human fibrinogen. It cleaves the B chain of bovine insulin at Leu6┼Cya7, Tyr16┼Leu17, Phe25┼Tyr26 and Tyr26┼Thr27 [1]. It is thought to play a role in the desquamation (skin-shedding) of the outer layer of skin, the stratum corneum, by degrading intercellular cohesive structures [1,2]. Belongs in peptidase family S1A. |
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Vasilopoulos, Y., Cork, M.J., Murphy, R., Williams, H.C., Robinson, D.A., Duff, G.W., Ward, S.J. and Tazi-Ahnini, R. Genetic association between an AACC insertion in the 3'UTR of the stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme gene and atopic dermatitis. J. Invest. Dermatol. 123 (2004) 62–66. [DOI] [PMID: 15191543] |
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